Railway car



Jan. 5, 1932. T. H. WILLIAMS RAILWAY CAR Filed Nov. 10

1927 2 Sheets-Sheet awucmtoas MM T. H. WILLIAMS Jan. 5, 1932.

RAILWAY CAR Filed Nov. 10, 1927 2 Sheets--Sheet 2 gmven co'a Patented Jan. 5, 1932 oar-r STATES PATENT oFFIce THEBON H. WILLIAMS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHICAGO-CLEVELAND OAR ROOFING: GOMPAEY, F 'CI-IICAGG, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAXVARE nArLwAY can Application filed November 10, 1927. Serial No. 232,304.

My invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to improvements in the Y construction of freight cars, The principal object is to provide an advantageous arrangement of side sheathing and to afford effective means for securing the sheathing to the framework of the car. o

A primary feature of the invention resides in combining with the side plate and side sill of a car a plurality' of sheets'arranged in overlapping relation and disposed between the said plate and said sill, each of said sheets being formed adjacent a side edge thereof with a substantially channel-shaped corrugation having legs of unequal depth, the outer leg of said corrugation being refianged and being disposed in a plane spaced from, and.

substantially parallel to the plane of the 7 main body portion of the sheet, and means for securing said reflanged portion of each sheet to the adjacent portion of the neighboring sheet.

I A further feature of the invention consists in constructing the side wall of a railway car with'a plurality of sheets each fashioned with a substantially vertical and a diagonal channel-shaped corrugation, fillers mounted in each of said corrugations, and a lining secured to said fillers, the latter projecting beyond the general plane'of the sheets so as to maintain the 'lining in spaced relation thereto. Y r

A still further feature of the invention resides in providing the side plate of a railway car with substantially hor1zontal and vertical portions and in associating therewith aplurality of side sheets each fashioned with an open-ended channel shaped corrugation terminating adjacent theside plate, the said vertical portion of the latter overlapping portions of the outer face of said sheets and the said horizontal. portion being disposed above said corrugations and terminating outwardly thereof. I

A still furtherfeature of the-invention resides in forming the side plate of a railway car with a substantially horizontal portion and in combining therewith a plurality of sheets each having a substantially channelshaped corrugation, the said horizontal por tion of the side plate overlying the latter and terminating outwardly thereof, and gusset plates for respectively connecting the corrugations to the said horizontal portion. 7

. Other and more specific features of the invention, residing in advantageous arrangements and combinations of parts, will hereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,-

'Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a railway freight car embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. V v V Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on theline 3-3, Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken transversely of the car.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of the'upper portion ofthe car side.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the carend.

In the drawings, 1 indicatesthe side plate and 2 the sidesill, the plate. and sill, as is usual, affording means forrespectively supporting the roof 3 and floor 4:. The side plate 1 has a substantially horizontal web 5 with flanges 6 and 7 projecting respectively from opposite sides thereof, the flange 6e21- tending upwardly from the inner edge and the flange 7 projecting downwardly from its outer edge.

Disposed sill are a plurality of overlapping side sheets 8, each being secured to'the outer face of the side sill preferably by rivets 9. The upstanding flange 6 of the side'plate overlaps the outer face of portions of the sheets 8 and may advantageously be secured thereto by rivets 10. The side sheets, except those immediately adjacentthe end of the car and the door opening l1,-are each fashioned with a plurality of preferably open-ended corrugations 12 and 13, respectively, on'eofthe corrugations (12) extending substantially vertically adjacent one of the side edges of, the sheet, and the other (13) extending from opposite corners of the sheet diagonally across the face thereof. These corrugations open inwardly of the car and project outwardly from the general plane of the sheets.

The side sheets adjacent the end of the car only have vertical corrugations l2, and those adjacent the door opening are merely formed with the diagonal corrugations 13. The ec ges of the sheets which adjoin the door opening are, however, offset, as at l l, to receive a filler l5 and may be flanged as at 16 to provide a door step or jamb.

Each of the corrugations l2 and 13 are preferably of channel shape having legs 17 connected by an intermediate Web 18. The outer leg of each of the vertical corrugations is shorter than the inner leg thereof and is reflanged as at 19. This reflanged portion is disposed in a plane offset from but substantially parallel to the plane of the sheet and is arranged to overlap a portion of the outer face of the adjacent sheet, the flange 19 and V the said overlapped portion being secured together preferably by rivets 20. It will be readilyperceived and appreciated that by making the outer legs of the vertical corrugations shorter than the inner legs and by retlanging the outer leg in the manner disclosed,

the body portions of each of the sheets are disposed in the same general plane without the necessity of ofisetting the overlapped portions of the sheets.

Arranged in each of the corrugations and projecting into the car beyond the inner face of the side sheets is a filler or nailing strip 21. A lining 22, which may advantageouslybe secured by bolts 23 to the fillers 21, is spaced by the latter inwardly from the sheets 8 to afford a plurality of air spaces 24:. I

The upper ends of the vertical and diagonal corrugations terminate adjacent the side plate above and inwardly of the lower edge of the downwardly extending flange 7 of the latter and the horizontal flange 5 of the plate overlies the upper ends of the corrugations and terminates outwardly beyond their webs 18. A plurality of gusset plates 25 are provided for respectively connecting the upper ends of the corrugations to the side plates.

Each of the gussets is formed with flanges 26 and 27, respectively, the former being secured to the underside of the horizontal web 5 of the side plate by rivets 28 and the latter being secured to the webs 18 of the corrugations by rivets 29. In these sheets which are fashioned with diagonal as well as vertical corrugations a single gusset may be employed for both corrugations, as clearly shown in ig. By securing the sheets together and to the associated side plate and side sill in the manner described, a strong, rigid and substantially waterproof car side is produced.

The car end is constructed of corrugated metal sheathing 30 having its side edges flanged as at 31, the latter being secured to the side sheets preferably by rivets 32. The

sheathing 30 may advantageously be provided with a lining 33.

I claim 1. A railway car having a side plate and side sill, a plurality of overlapping sheets disposed between said plate and said sill, a channel-shaped corrugation extending diagonally of each sheet and a substantially vertical channelshaped corrugation having legs of unequal depth disposed adjacent a side edge of each sheet,the outer leg of said last named corrugation being reflanged to overlap the adjacent portion of the adjoining sheet, the said overlapped portion of the adjoining sheet being disposed in the general plane of the main body portions of the sheets.

2. A railway car having a side wall involving a plurality of sheets each fashioned with a substantially vertical and a diagonal channel-shaped corrugation, nailing strips mounted in eachof said corrugations, and a lining secured to said strips, the latter projecting beyond the general plane of the sheets so as to maintain the lining in spaced relation thereto.

3. A railway car involving a side sill, a side plate having a substantially horizontal portion, a plurality of side sheets each being integrally formed with an open-ended substantially upright channehshaped corrugation, said sheets being respectively secured to and overlappin portions oi the outer face of the side sill and the inner face of the side plate, the upper ends of said corru ations terminating adjacent the side plate and the horizontal portion of the latter being disposed above said corrugations and terminating outwardly thereof.

4. A railway car involvin side sheets each being integraily formed with an open-ended substantially upright channel-shaped corrugation, a side sill, and a side plate having substantially horizontal and vertical portions, the former overlying the upper portions of said corrugations and the latter overlapping the outer face of portions of said sheets, said sheets being respectivelyse' cured to an outer face of the side sill and an inner face of the side plate in overlapping relation thereto.

'5. In a railway car, the combination with a side sill and a side plate, the latter having substantially horizontal and vertical portions, of a plurality of side sheets each integrally formed with an open-ended channel-shaped corrugation terminating adjacent the side plate, the said vertical portionof the latter being arranged to overlap the outer face of portions of said corrugations and the said horizontal portion being disposed above said corrugations and terminating outwardly thereof, said sheets respectively serving as means for connecting the side plate and side sill and being secured thereto in overlapping relation to an inner face of the former and to an outer face of the latter.

6. A railway car having a plurality of side to the outer face of portions of said sheets and the said corrugations terminating above thelower edge of said downwardly extending flange, said sheets being also secured in overlapping relation to an outer face of the slde sill.

7. In a railway car, the combination with a side plate having a substantially horizontal portion, of a plurality of side sheets each provided with an open-ended channel-shaped corrugation, the said horizontal portion of the side plate overlying the latter and terminating outwardly thereof, and gusset plates for respectively connecting the corrugations to the said horizontal portion.

8. In a railway car, the combination with a side plate, of a plurality of side sheets, each fashioned with a channel-shaped corrugation having a web spaced outwardly from the main body of the sheets, and gusset plates rigid with .the webs of the corrugations affording means for connecting the latter to the side plate.

9. In a railwaycar, the combinationwith a side plate having substantially horizontal and vertical portions, of a plurality of side sheets each formed with a channel-shaped corrugation provided with a web spaced outwardly from the main body of the sheets, the vertical portion of the side plate being arranged to overlap the outer face of portions of said sheets and the horizontal portion being disposed above said corrugations and terminating outwardly thereof, and gusset plates for respectively connecting the webs of the corrugations to the horizontal portion of the side plate.

10. In a railway car, the combination with I a side plate having a horizontal portion, of a plurality of sheets each having a substanially vertical and a diagonal channel-shaped corrugation, the upper ends of said corrugations terminating adjacent the side plate and the horizontal portion of the latter overlying said corrugations and terminating outwardly thereof, and a gusset plate for connecting the vertical and diagonal corruga a plurality of side sheets each fashioned with a substantially vertical and a diagonal channel-sl1aped corrugation, of a side plate provided with a substantially horizontal web and having flanges projecting from the opposite sides thereof, one of said flanges extending upwardly from the web and the other of said flanges extending downwardly from the web and being spaced outwardly from the general plane of the sheets, the upwardly extending flange overlapping the outer face of portions of the sheets and the said corrugations terminating above the lower edge of the downwardly extending flange, and a gusset plate for connecting the vertical and diagonal corrugations of each sheet to the side plate, the said gusset plates being secured to the outer faces of the corrugations and to the underside of the horizontal web of the side plate.

12. A railway box car having its body struts and braces formed integral together of pressed steel substantially as described.

18. A railway box freight car having its body struts and braces formed integrally together of pressed sheet steel and integral .with the metal siding substantially as described.

14. A girder-wall for a railway car, comprising an upper chord, a lower chord, and

web plates with integral struts formed therein which overlap said chords at their opposite ends, said plates also having integral stift'eners formed therein to resist buckling stresses.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

T'HERON H. WILLIAMS.

tions of each sheet to the side plate, the said gusset plates being secured to the outer faces of the corrugations. 1

11. In a railway car, the combinationwith 

